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Download Description This report investigates how new technology, new regulation in the form of the Ballast Water Management Convention and new shipboard practices will reduce the impact on the marine environment caused by ballast water discharge from ships. The impacts on the marine environment caused by ballast discharge, have been catastrophic, especially in places like […]

Download Description The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention), is concerned with preserving the marine environment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances. Its technical content is laid out in six Annexes, the first five of […]

Download Description The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, was adopted by the International Conference on Marine Pollution convened by IMO from 8 October to 2 November 1973. Protocols I (Provisions concerning Reports on Incidents involving Harmful Sub- stances) and II (Arbitration) were adopted at the same Conference. This Convention was […]